The electronic component has semiconductor chips that are stacked on one another. On their active top sides, the chips having interconnects for rewiring to contact areas through contacts formed on the sawn edges of the semiconductor chip. The electronic components of overlying and underlying semiconductor chips are thus connected to one another via the through contacts.
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1. An electronic component, comprising: a stack of a plurality of semiconductor chips each having an active top side and a sawn edge; contact areas and interconnects formed on said active top side for rewiring to contact areas of respectively adjacent semiconductor chips; and said interconnects connecting to said contact areas on said active top side, extending toward said sawn edge of said semiconductor chip, and connecting to said respectively adjacent semiconductor chips via through-contacts formed at said sawn edge of said semiconductor chip.
2. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said stack of semiconductor chips includes a bottommost semiconductor chip formed with solder deposits in place of said through contacts.
3. The electronic component according to claim 2 , wherein said solder deposit on said bottommost semiconductor chip is formed with a screen-printing solder deposit.
4. The electronic component according to claim 2 , which comprises a rewiring plane in each case arranged between said semiconductor chips.
5. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said through contacts include an adhesion promoter layer on an inner wall thereof.
6. The electronic component according to claim 5 , wherein said adhesion promoter layer includes a material selected from the group consisting of titanium and titanium alloy.
7. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said through contacts are formed with a solderable surface coating.
8. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said through contacts are formed with a surface coating made of a material selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, gold, and alloys thereof.
9. The electronic component according to claim 1 , which comprises an insulating layer disposed between said active semiconductor top side and said interconnects for rewiring.
10. The electronic component according to claim 9 , wherein said insulating layer includes a polymer.
11. The electronic component according to claim 9 , wherein said insulating layer is a polyimide layer.
12. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said through contacts are circular arcs in cross section.
13. The electronic component according to claim 1 , wherein said semiconductor chips include memory chips.
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January 16, 2002
February 3, 2004
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